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Planet Earth II
Oct 7, 2024 5:34 AM

Author:Stephen Moss

Planet Earth II

10 years on from the first, groundbreaking, Planet Earth, we use the most incredible advances in technology and scientific discovery to bring you the most exciting and immersive picture of our world's wildlife yet.

With over 250 breathtaking photographs and stills from the BBC Natural History Unit's spectacular footage, this is an extraordinary new look at the complex life of some of the most amazing places on Planet Earth.

Each chapter reveals an environment – some never-before-seen, some astonishingly familiar – defined by a unique set of rules required for survival. From the most desolate desert to the depths of the jungle, from blistering heat and freezing cold to perpetual darkness and deadly UV, discover how a whole host of creatures have adapted to life in the most extreme conditions. And how they compete with one another to become the largest, the fastest, the most poisonous, or most devious - all in a bid to survive.

Planet Earth II includes the first in-depth look at the urban environment, and the surprising range of behaviours occurring right under our noses, as well as some previously untouched island worlds. Filmed with remarkable 5k and infra-red technology, these are the challenges, the confrontations, and the triumphs of some of the most extraordinary creatures in the natural world, told from their perspective.

This is our planet, as you have never seen it before.

Reviews

Rich with examples of what can be done to help Britain’s wildlife thrive.

—— Matt Ridley , The Times

Well-written, lively, lovingly detailed book.

—— Charlotte Heathcote , Daily Express

A must-read for nature lovers.

—— Choice Magazine

A thoroughly good book and a very readable one… Well-researched and well-argued ammunition for our cause.

—— Rob Hume , Birdwatch

A must-have.

—— Country Living

An absorbing quest into the state of British wildlife today.

—— The Bookseller

Lyrical, powerful book… Inspiring and hopeful.

—— Simple Things

Thoroughly readable and engaging book… You’re left with a renewed energy for the fight… Moss writes with passion and feeling that his crisp prose kindles in the reader, too.

—— Matt Merritt and John Miles , Bird Watching

Exceptionally accessible… Wild Kingdom invokes the spirit of British wildlife past and present… His more opinionated stance give the book its power.

—— Amy-Jane Beer , BBC Wildlife

Engaging.

—— Heather O'Connor , Birdwatch

This is another superb book from Moss, but more importantly is it timely too… This is a book to read if you care about the very future of our countryside and more importantly this should be a book that all politicians should be made to read.

—— Paul Cheney , Nudge

A terrific read.

—— Money Life

Moore writes about this band of ad hoc scientists with brio, and it’s hard not to be awed and charmed by their united quest to prove that earth’s atmosphere was not chaotic beyond comprehension, that it could be studied, understood and, ultimately, predicted … Detailed and insightful, this book is as relevant as ever in this era of rapid climate change.

—— Kirkus Reviews

Rich and enlightening, I’ll never look at a dewy morning in the same way again.

—— Sarah Bakewell

For illuminating a byway of scientific history that many scarcely knew existed we must thank Peter Moore, whose superbly researched an grippingly written book is more than a dusty account of early meteorologists

—— Richard Morrison , The Times

Moore does an excellent job of telling the story of meteorological advances

—— Good Book Guide

enlightening… to read it is a joy

—— John Owen , Country & Town House

A compelling journey through the early history of weather forecasting, bringing to life the personalities, lives and achievements of the men who put in place the building blocks required for forecasts to be possible.

—— Susan Ballard , Physics World

Enthralling history of weather forecasting… Moore’s book records the adventure, drama and occasional tragedy involved in bringing us the calm reassurance of the nightly weather forecast.

—— Jane Shilling , Daily Mail

Superbly researched and gripping book… He darts across continents, embracing swashbuckling sea captains and fastidious bureaucrats, penny-pinching politicians and mad inventors, with as sharp an eye for absurdity and tragedy as for genius.

—— Richard Morrison , The Times
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